Chapter 28

Compared to Luo Xing, whose thoughts were utterly inscrutable, this new female General of Wano Country was undoubtedly simpler and more approachable.

"Alright, you two have plenty of time to play later."

Luo Xing interrupted:

"Now, Ayu, give me one of your rice dumplings."

Ayu nodded obediently, pinched her cute face, and pulled out a rice dumpling.

"Whoa, that's amazing!"

Yamato's eyes sparkled as she rubbed Ayu's face with both hands, puzzled:

"Why can't I pull out a dumpling like that?"

Luo Xing watched helplessly as his own wife acted like a mischievous girl—she was a full-fledged General of a nation; couldn't she be a little more composed?

But he couldn't be bothered to get involved, picked up the rice dumpling, and left the General's mansion, heading straight for the laboratory.

He did not show his face again for three full days.

……

……

Zou, situated on the back of the Elephant King, is a mobile nation.

It rarely interacts with the outside world, and most people find it nearly impossible to locate Zou.

Yet,

secretly, they have maintained contact with Wano Country, exchanging letters regularly.

However,

for over a week now, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi have received not a single message from Wano Country.

Even when they sent messages proactively, there was no reply.

Inuarashi and Nekomamushi—the White Day King and Black Night King who had sworn never to speak again—finally could no longer contain themselves and met in a secret chamber.

They temporarily set aside their past grievances.

Inuarashi spoke first, worried: "Something must have happened in Wano Country."

Nekomamushi frowned deeply: "I wonder how Tsujiro and Lady Hiyori are faring."

All contact with Wano Country has always been through Tsujiro.

"Should we go to Wano Country and check? I have a bad feeling."

"But we haven't reached the twenty-year mark predicted by Lady Tenshi, and we haven't yet waited for Lord Momonosuke and the Jinwei Sect."

The time-time fruit user, Tenshi, before dying, used her fruit's power to teleport her son Momonosuke and several Kozuki retainers twenty years into the future.

Now, several years remain before the twenty-year mark.

"So we just sit here and wait?!"

Inuarashi growled angrily.

Nekomamushi roared back: "I don't want to either! Then what's your brilliant idea?!"

Inuarashi had no reply.

After a long silence, Inuarashi sighed:

"Let's wait a few more days. If nothing happens, we'll have to send Furin warriors on a suicide mission to spy on Wano Country."

Nekomamushi nodded grimly.

……

……

On Onigashima.

The laboratory door, closed for three days, finally opened.

"My Lord, you're finally out! If you hadn't shown up, Kaido and Young Master Yamato would've taken it out on me!"

As soon as Luo Xing appeared, a thunderous complaint rang in his ears.

"Keep your voice down, Pei, you trying to deafen me?"

Luo Xing snapped.

Pejivan pouted, still brimming with resentment.

Luo Xing found it amusing—she sounded like a disgruntled wife—so he changed the subject:

"Pei, how's your cultivation going? Is the Triple Gravity chamber still working well?"

At the mention of cultivation, Pejivan's resentment vanished into delight:

"My Lord, I can now endure Triple Gravity for several hours! My combat value has risen from five thousand to six thousand!"

"That impressive?"

Luo Xing raised an eyebrow.

Pejivan truly had remarkable talent and potential to become a member of the Beasts Pirates' Six Supernovas before turning twenty.

Pejivan lifted her head proudly:

"Of course! If I keep training like this, I'll eventually evolve my fruit into a Mythical Zoan!"

It seemed the inability to evolve into a Mythical Zoan was still Pejivan's lifelong pain.

Luo Xing felt a twinge of guilt for having misled her earlier; he patted her shoulder and encouraged:

"Keep pushing, Pei, you can do it—I believe in you!"

Pejivan was so moved she nearly cried.

Her sister Runti and the other Six Supernovas mocked her daily about this—only My Lord encouraged her.

Pejivan nodded firmly: "I'll work twice as hard!"

That look of facing death without fear made Luo Xing feel even more guilty.

"By the way, Imperial Son-in-Law, what is that thing in your hand? Is it another new invention?"

"Oh, this?"

Luo Xing raised the round object in his hand and said:

"This is called a Momotaro Rice Ball, a tool that can make wild beasts obey obediently."

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The Momotaro Rice Ball is a magical tool from the Doraemon world.

With the help of the Great Inventor System and through research on the Mochi Fruit, Luo Xing successfully developed it.

"Used to tame wild beasts?"

Page Wan looked utterly confused.

Their Beasts Crew was made up entirely of wild beasts, but the Imperial Son-in-Law had no need to tame them at all; who in the Beasts Crew would dare disobey the Imperial Son-in-Law now?

Even the Three Calamities had to obey the Imperial Son-in-Law's orders.

Luo Xing explained, "It's not for you to eat; it's for the Mink Tribe."

"Little Pei, go immediately and gather the other Tobiroppo, then select fifty warriors from the Gifters Army. Assemble at the port of Wano Country in one double-hour."

Page Wan's eyes shot out beams of excitement as he cried out eagerly:

"Is the Imperial Son-in-Law going to attack the Mink Tribe's nation, Zou? Great, I'll gather the men immediately!"

Page Wan, who left at a trot, looked ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work.

After all,

he had trained so hard for many days; his combat power value had risen from five thousand to six thousand, and he had been itching for a fight for a long time.

One double-hour passed very quickly.

Wano Country port.

Fushu, Black Maria, Page Wan, and the other four, totaling six people, gathered there.

Behind them stood fifty Gifters warriors, fully equipped and ready to deploy.

Each of them was a Zoan-type ability user who had consumed a Humanoid Cell.

Merely standing there, the fierce aura naturally radiating from their bodies was enough to make ordinary people suffocate.

Luo Xing nodded in satisfaction.

Do not look down on the small number; there were fewer than sixty.

But if any one of these people were placed on the high seas, their bounty would be at least several hundred million Belly.

The Tobiroppo, whose strength reached the Three Calamities level, would likely have a bounty exceeding one billion Belly!

Such terrifying military strength could basically sweep away any nation in Pacifying the New World except for the Four Emperors' crews.